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Encre Noir - it goes for about $35 for 3.4oz, but it's worth $100+. There have been comparisons of it to Chanel Sycomore - I don't find it all that similar really, but I have to say while Sycomore is indeed great and I have a big bottle, I find Encre Noir extremely enjoyable in its own right and perfectly wearable any time, any place, dressed up or down. If you like vetiver, this one is one of the best ones out there, regardless of the price.

Burberry London - I don't care for most Burberry fragrances, but this one is very well made. Soft tobacco leaf, smooth, very nice. Often overlooked little gem.

Mr.Blass by Bill Blass - I just picked up a 4.2oz bottle for $14.99. OMG, this one is just amazing in this price range, it's easily worth 5 times this price. It's sort of in the same boat as Carven Homme scent and quality wise, with a slightly stronger leather note. Totally a hidden gem, you'd never expect this quality for 15 bucks (with free shipping to boot!). This one is an INSANELY underpriced gem.

Carven Homme - discontinued, and prices on eBay have already gone up to around $100, but there are couple people here on BN who have stocked up and are offering it at still very decent prices ($40-ish?). It's somewhat similar to another BN favorite, Gucci Envy (and somewhat similar to Mr.Blass, see above).

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Now that the Muglers have come back down to the regular price, I think Pure Havane and Pure Malt are very well priced, especially if you can get them at a discount place, like Fragrancenet.

Other great deals:

Burberry London (but buy an atomizer to reapply because it's pretty much gone in 1-2 hours)
Cereus # 4 and 7 used to be $125.00 fragrances. They are both nice fragrances and and can be found very cheaply on eBay.
Rive Gauche
Aramis Havana
Gendarme by Gendarme
L'Occitane Eau des Baux
Parfums de Nicolai Cologne Cedrat
Parfums de Nicolai Cologne Sologne
Tommy Bahama Set Sail St. Barts
Annick Goutal Eau d'Hadrien
Le Couvent des Minimes Eau des Missions Botanical Cologne of the Missions

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Originally Posted by remik

Mr.Blass by Bill Blass - I just picked up a 4.2oz bottle for $14.99. OMG, this one is just amazing in this price range, it's easily worth 5 times this price. It's sort of in the same boat as Carven Homme scent and quality wise, with a slightly stronger leather note. Totally a hidden gem, you'd never expect this quality for 15 bucks (with free shipping to boot!). This one is an INSANELY underpriced gem.

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Blind bought this because of reviews and the price was so low. Was not disappointed.

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Solara For Men $8 net. Don't need extras though.

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Cuba Gold
Cuba Red
Michael Jordan Legend
Yacht Man Blue
Paris Hilton's Just Me (yes I like it and it gets compliments even from strangers for some reason)
Jeanne Arthes Cotton Club or Supercharged
Burberry London
You could easily get all of these for around $80.00 and have a pretty ok "rotation"

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Originally Posted by remik

Mr.Blass by Bill Blass - I just picked up a 4.2oz bottle for $14.99. OMG, this one is just amazing in this price range, it's easily worth 5 times this price. It's sort of in the same boat as Carven Homme scent and quality wise, with a slightly stronger leather note. Totally a hidden gem, you'd never expect this quality for 15 bucks (with free shipping to boot!). This one is an INSANELY underpriced gem.

Carven Homme - discontinued, and prices on eBay have already gone up to around $100, but there are couple people here on BN who have stocked up and are offering it at still very decent prices ($40-ish?). It's somewhat similar to another BN favorite, Gucci Envy (and somewhat similar to Mr.Blass, see above).

Where did you find Mr. Blass that cheap? last I looked it was $25+ if I remember right.
Who sells Carven Homme? That sounds interesting

"All the best perfumes in history have something that smells like garbage in them; that's what keeps drawing you back."

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Totally agree with the Yardley and tabac and other ones Ken mentioned, also with the "little local gems" angle - it's not always big names and big marketing and some exotic ingredient that makes something good - sometimes, it's just that it simply smells good.

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Patrick of Ireland and the re-issue of Yohji Homme are both extremely good value but let's not shout about it in case someone hears and figures it might be time to bump the prices up

I still think the Nicolai line is very reasonably priced considering the quality on offer, but of course that depends ultimately on whether you like the stuff.

Tiffany for Men is also a good buy - the quality of creativity (subjective) and ingredients (objective) in this composition are stellar - I am just waiting for them to get the memo from IFRA so if you haven't at least tried it don't say you weren't warned - something this good just cannot last given the current climate in the industry . . .